Re: PHP installtion

staym wrote: > > 4. can i work with php as html. On the other word, can > i write php code by using Notepad and save it as > filename.php and run it form the browser. Yes. That's the beauty of the language if you ask me. That's the *only* way I write my web pages. I *never* use an HTML editor for anything. With nothing but a text editor, I've even developed my own custom PHP function library which mimics real HTML so that I don't have to write in HTML at all if I don't want to. For example, the following PHP code: OpenTable(border(5).cellspacing(5).cellpadding(10)); OpenTR(); OpenTD(bgcolor(blue)); echo("Insert table data here."); CloseTD(); CloseTR(); CloseTable(); produces the following HTML output: <table border=5 cellspacing=5 cellpadding=10> <tr> <td bgcolor=blue>Insert table data here.</td> </tr> <table> This approach makes it easy for me to insert PHP programming logic anywhere I want in a script because my scripts are 100% PHP code instead of a constantly alternating mix of HTML and blocks of PHP code. When I first started using PHP, I loved how I was able to mix it with my HTML but once I started writing a lot of really complex scripts, I found it increasingly difficult to deal with PHP and HTML mixed. My function library solved all of that and now I crank out pure PHP webpages all the time. I've even begun to add JavaScript capabilities to the library. That's a big plus for me because I hate JavaScript's anal syntax requirements. Such a PHP library eliminates most of that hassle and enhances my productivity. Myke